Patents by Inventor Kaiji Itabashi

Kaiji Itabashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130151074
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a control portion configured to determine a single parameter based on a running condition of a vehicle, and determine control amounts for a plurality of actuators provided in the vehicle based on the parameter. A relation of the control amount for each of the plurality of actuators to the parameter is predetermined. The control portion is configured to, when the parameter is determined, determine the control amounts for the respective actuators based on the parameter, and control the actuators based on the determined control amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Takeuchi, Youji Kanehara, Toshio Tanahashi, Yoshimitsu Agata, Tomohide Kawasaki, Ken Koibuchi, Kaiji Itabashi, Shin Noumura
  • Patent number: 8423264
    Abstract: The vibration damping control device which performs damping of vibration of a vehicle body through a driving output control of a diesel vehicle in accordance with the present invention comprises a compensation component computing portion which computes a compensation component which compensates a wheel torque to suppress an amplitude of vehicle body vibration; and a control gain determining portion which determines a control gain for the compensation component, wherein, at a time point of reversion of the sign of the value of the compensation component, the control gain determining portion decreases the control gain when, before that time point, the value of the compensation component has deviated from a restriction range for variation of a fuel injection quantity determined based on engine operational condition, and increases the control gain when the value of the compensation component has not deviated from a restriction range for variation of a fuel injection quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kaiji Itabashi
  • Patent number: 8340864
    Abstract: There is provided a vibration damping control device which suppresses pitching and bouncing vibration of a vehicle through a drive output control based on a wheel torque estimated value estimated with a wheel speed, etc., which device uses the estimated value of a wheel torque while taking into account conditions where no good estimation of the wheel torque is executable. The vibration damping control device comprises a wheel torque estimated value acquisition portion which acquires a wheel torque estimated value; and a driving torque control portion which controls a driving torque of the vehicle to suppress pitching or bouncing vibrational amplitudes based on the wheel torque estimated value, wherein the absolute value or the sign of the wheel torque estimated value is corrected in accordance with the degree of a slip of the wheel or the direction of movement of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kaiji Itabashi, Takashi Saito
  • Publication number: 20120303243
    Abstract: A vibration damping control device that controls driving power of a vehicle to suppress pitch vibration or bounce vibration includes: a vibration damping control unit that controls a driving torque of an engine so as to suppress the amplitude of the pitch vibration or bounce vibration on the basis of a wheel torque generated at a contact portion between a wheel of the vehicle and a road surface; and a compensating component regulating unit that varies the magnitude of a compensating component, which is calculated by a vibration damping control unit and which compensates the wheel torque for vibration damping control, on the basis of a change of characteristic, such as a wear state quantity of a movable portion of a throttle valve of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Momose, Kaiji Itabashi, Yoshitaka Oikawa, Takashi Saito, Hiroshi Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20120221228
    Abstract: In a vehicle control system that obtains an index based on a running condition of a vehicle and changes a running characteristic of the vehicle according to the index, includes index setting means for making a change in the index in response to a change in the running condition in a direction toward crisp running of the vehicle, faster than a change in the index in response to a change in the running condition in such a direction as to reduce crispness with which the vehicle is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Noumura, Ken Koibuchi, Kaiji Itabashi, Toshio Tanahashi, Keisuke Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Hanamura, Yoji Takanami, Norimi Asahara
  • Publication number: 20120179342
    Abstract: In a control device for a vehicle that controls a revolution speed of a drive power source or a gear ratio of a transmission coupled to an output side of the drive power source in the vehicle equipped with the drive power source and the transmission, the control device is configured to determine an index that is based on a running state of the vehicle, and to control a required revolution speed of the drive power source or a required gear ratio for the transmission on the basis of the index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Noumura, Kaiji Itabashi, Ken Koibuchi, Toshio Tanahashi, Keisuke Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Hanamura, Yoji Takanami, Norimi Asahara
  • Publication number: 20120143399
    Abstract: A vehicle control system obtains an index indicating a running condition of a vehicle on the basis of a vehicle parameter indicating a motion of the vehicle and then sets a running characteristic of the vehicle in accordance with the index. The vehicle control system includes a noise reduction unit that is configured to obtain the index on the basis of the vehicle parameter of which a fluctuating component that fluctuates because of a driver's driving operation or the influence of a running road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Noumura, Ken Koibuchi, Keisuke Takeuchi, Toshio Tanahashi, Hiroyuki Hanamura, Yoji Takanami, Norimi Asahara, Kaiji Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20120143398
    Abstract: In a vehicle control system, an index used to set a running characteristic of a vehicle is obtained based on a running condition of the vehicle. A change of the index that makes behavior of the vehicle crisper is more likely to occur than a change of the index that makes the behavior of the vehicle milder. When it is determined that the vehicle is in a turning condition, the change of the index or a change of the miming characteristic based on the index is less likely to occur than when it is determined that the vehicle is not in the turning condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Takeuchi, Toshio Tanahashi, Hiroyuki Hanamura, Shin Noumura, Ken Koibuchi, Kaiji Itabashi, Yoji Takanami, Norimi Asahara
  • Publication number: 20120136506
    Abstract: A vehicle control system capable of improving drivability by reflecting driving environment and driving preference accurately on driving characteristics. The vehicle control system is configured to change an index for setting driving characteristics of the vehicle. When accelerations Gx and Gy are changed, a sportiness index is changed in a different manner depending on a detail of an operation for changing accelerations Gx and Gy executed by a driver, thereby reflecting the driving preference of the driver appearing on the operation can be reflected on sportiness of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keisuke Takeuchi, Toshio Tanahashi, Ken Koibuchi, Kaiji Itabashi, Shin Noumura, Hiroyuki Hanamura, Yoji Takanami, Norimi Asahara
  • Publication number: 20120059544
    Abstract: A sprung mass damping control system of a vehicle, which aims to suppress sprung mass vibration generated in a vehicle body of a vehicle provided with at least a motor-generator (first and second motor-generators) as a drive source, includes a sprung mass damping control amount calculating device that sets a sprung mass damping control amount for suppressing the sprung mass vibration, and a drive source control device (a motor-generator control device) that executes sprung mass damping control by controlling a motor-generator control amount of the motor-generator to realize the sprung mass damping control amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gohki Kinoshita, Koichiro Muta, Toshiya Hashimoto, Eiji Fukushiro, Takanori Aoki, Akihiro Kimura, Shunsuke Oyama, Masaya Yamamoto, Kaiji Itabashi, Yoshitaka Oikawa, Takashi Saito
  • Publication number: 20120053789
    Abstract: A vehicle control system, which is configured to obtain an index on the basis of a running condition of a vehicle and to change at least any one of a driving force control characteristic and a vehicle body support characteristic of a suspension mechanism in response to the index, is configured to acquire information associated with a friction coefficient of a road surface on which the vehicle runs, and to correct the at least any one of the driving force control characteristic and the vehicle body support characteristic, which is changed in response to the index, on the basis of the information associated with the friction coefficient of the road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin NOUMURA, Ken KOIBUCHI, Kaiji ITABASHI, Keisuke TAKEUCHI, Toshio TANAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20110266760
    Abstract: A vibration-damping controlling apparatus of a vehicle for suppressing vibration including a component in a pitch direction or in a bounce direction occurring in the vehicle by an input from a road surface to wheels of the vehicle by controlling driving force of the vehicle is provided with a setting means that sets a vibration-damping control compensation amount by feedback control based on a wheel speed of the wheels of the vehicle and a driving force controlling means that controls driving force of a power source for travel of the vehicle so as to suppress amplitude of the vibration based on the vibration-damping control compensation amount and changes the vibration-damping control compensation amount based on a state of the vehicle, so that the vibration-damping controlling apparatus of the vehicle can execute appropriate vibration-damping control corresponding to the state of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kaiji Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20110213527
    Abstract: A sprung mass damping control system of a vehicle is provided. The sprung mass damping control system includes a sprung mass damping controller that sets a sprung mass damping control amount for damping sprung mass vibrations that occur in a vehicle body in response to an input from a road or a driver-requested torque, and a drive controller that controls an output of a vehicle drive unit so as to achieve the sprung mass damping control amount, thereby to execute sprung mass damping control. The drive controller is configured to permit or inhibit execution of the sprung mass damping control according to at least one of operating conditions of the vehicle, status conditions of the vehicle and driver's requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kaiji Itabashi, Gohki Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20110137514
    Abstract: A driving force controlling apparatus includes a sprung vibration-damping control unit that suppresses a vibration, including a component in a pitch direction or a bounce direction, generated on a vehicle due to an input from a road surface to wheels by controlling a driving force of the vehicle. The change in the fuel injection amount by the sprung vibration-damping control unit is performed before the change in the fuel injection amount by a high-frequency vibration-damping control unit (jerk vibration-damping control unit, cylinder-to-cylinder correction control unit). The change in the fuel injection amount by the sprung vibration-damping control unit is performed after the change in the fuel injection amount by a vehicle behavior control unit (slowing-down control unit, assist control unit, brake control device). Accordingly, a vibration of a vehicle can effectively be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kaiji Itabashi
  • Publication number: 20100241305
    Abstract: There is provided a vibration damping control device which suppresses pitching and bouncing vibration of a vehicle through a drive output control based on a wheel torque estimated value estimated with a wheel speed, etc., which device uses the estimated value of a wheel torque while taking into account conditions where no good estimation of the wheel torque is executable. The vibration damping control device comprises a wheel torque estimated value acquisition portion which acquires a wheel torque estimated value; and a driving torque control portion which controls a driving torque of the vehicle to suppress pitching or bouncing vibrational amplitudes based on the wheel torque estimated value, wherein the absolute value or the sign of the wheel torque estimated value is corrected in accordance with the degree of a slip of the wheel or the direction of movement of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Kaiji Itabashi, Takashi Saito
  • Publication number: 20100228465
    Abstract: The vibration damping control device which performs damping of vibration of a vehicle body through a driving output control of a diesel vehicle in accordance with the present invention comprises a compensation component computing portion which computes a compensation component which compensates a wheel torque to suppress an amplitude of vehicle body vibration; and a control gain determining portion which determines a control gain for the compensation component, wherein, at a time point of reversion of the sign of the value of the compensation component, the control gain determining portion decreases the control gain when, before that time point, the value of the compensation component has deviated from a restriction range for variation of a fuel injection quantity determined based on engine operational condition, and increases the control gain when the value of the compensation component has not deviated from a restriction range for variation of a fuel injection quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kaiji Itabashi